Tying device.



H. A. REYNOLDS- TYING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 4. 1914.

Patented May 18, 1915.

I Inventor s y e n r. '0 ..l A

I'HE NORRIS PETERS C11. FHDTOLITHC'., WASHINZFTON. D. L.

noes: nson REYNOLDS, onnnmsron, ALABAMA.

TYING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 4, 1914. Serial No. 822,425.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH ALISON REYN- OLDS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Anniston, in the county of Calhoun 7 and State of Alabama, have invented anew and useful Tying Device, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

The present invention appertains to tying devices for bundles or packages, and aims to provide a novel and improved appliance of that character.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a unique tying device, which may be conveniently and effectively employed for tying, or binding a bundle or package of letters or other mail matter, in order that the bundle may be handled or transmitted, without danger of the bundle becoming loosened.

Another object of the present invent on is to provide a simple and inexpensive device of the nature indicated, which may be applied to a bundle or package, to tie or bind the same without knotting the tying or binding element. p

A further object of the present invention is to provide a device of the character indicated, which may be conveniently employed with various sizes of bundles or packages, to eliminate the use of the ordinary twine for tying together bundles of mail matter, and the present device being devoid of any gripping or looking. members, or theylike, which are objectionable. I

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the, combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention has been illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tying device, a portion of the cord or flexible binding element being broken away. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the tying device as applied to a bundle or package.

The present device embodies only two parts, one of which is a rigid frame, and the other of which is a cord orflexiblebinding element attached'permanently to the frame.

The frame is constructed from wire stock,

although it may be otherwise manufactured, and embodies a pair of parallel side bars 1, forming the body or base of the frame, and having the angularly extended portions 2 at one end, forming the end piece or head of the body or frame. The other ends of, the side bars 1 are connected by an inwardly curved cross piece or yoke 3, while the angular or end members 2 are connected by a re entrant V-shaped member or yoke f having its crotch formed with aneye or loop 5.

The diagonally arranged arms or limbs. of or end.

the yoke 4 form, with the angular pieces 2, projections or horns 6.

The side bars 1 are relatively long, while the end pieces'or members 2 are relatively Patented May 18 1915.

short, whereby the bundle of letters or other articles, may be placed upon the body or base oomprisingthe side bars 1, with one end or side of the package or bundle resting agai st the end members 2 and the yoke-, as clearly delineated in Fig. 2. Thus, the body of the frame is adapted to rest against one face of a bundle of articles, while the angularly extended end portion of the frame? or body is adapted to rest against edges of the articles. 7

The otherpart or element of the device constitutesa cord or flexible binding element 7 of suitable length, and having one end permanently tied or secured to the eyev or loop 5 at the crotch of the yoke 41: between the projections or horns 6.

In employing the present devices for binding or tying a package or bundle, say, for example, a. bundle of letters, as illustrated in Fig. 2, the bundle of letters are placed upon the frame, with one end .or side of the" bundle resting against-the end members 2 and yoke 4 as illustrated in full and dotted lines, respectively, in Fig. 2.. One face of the bundle rests against the side bars 1 and the yoke 8, it being noted that the frame is engaged over one corner of the bundle to rest against one end or side and one face thereof. The frame may be readily held in the hand, while the bundle is applied there,-

to, and the cord 7 is then wound around the bundle and frame any suitable number of times, according to the size of the bundle and the length of the cord. Then, when the bundle and frame are tightly wrapped by the cord, the free or terminal portion of the cord may he slipped between the letters in certain any suitable manner to cause the letters tod 2 v a. :7 I .7 1,139,71

- 7 grip and hold the free portionof the cord. it

It may be preferable to slipthe' tree portion of the cord over; one, or the other of the pro-1 jections or horns 6, so as to engage over-the; corresponding arm of the'yoke 4, and then tordraw the said free portion of thecord between the corresponding corner portions of certain of the letters, as designated'at 8 inFig'Q, whereby the free portion of the cord will be gripped tightly" between the letters, to hold the tree portion of the cord in place, Withoutthe necessity of tying the "free end of the cord or fiex ible bi 819;

, ment. The bundleor package may thus be held intact, during handling and transmission, without the liability of the tying device opening under the conditions to which the package or bundle issubjected. Ifthe tree portion of the cord is engaged over one of the pro ections or horns 6, 1t wlll prevent the, cord fro-mbein'g drawn out ofposition or ofi' of the package orbundle, when the free portion ofthe cord is drawn between V 1 the letters. Thecurvedyoke 3 and the1\/-- shaped yoke 4 also enable the respective corner portions of the package or bundle to "be drawn inwardly whenthe coraor fiext,

fble" element is. wound tightly,to secure tying device against displacen1ent." I As is "obvious, thepresent .tylng device a may be repeatedly einployed,it only being necessar ,wh'en. removing thetying device r "from abundle or package, to withdraw the free portion of the cord or-binding element 7 from between the letters or-articles and over the corresponding Rprejection or hornffi,

which will permit vthe tying device to drop I "from'the package or bundle; The present I to 'nianufacture, while the cord"? is still less 7 device is' of utniostjsiihplicity, embodying; only two elementspth'e ffra'ine being readily fashioned from Wire, and being ineXpensive expensive, and maybe replaced when Worn out. y l r I a from the-foregoing, taken in connection with the drawing,'the other advantagesand I Copies otthis patent ay be obtained for capabilities of the present device will be obvious, without further comment.

Having thus described the invention, what as claimed as new 1s:.

1. A tying device embodying a body adapted to rest against one face of abundle of articles and having an angularly extended portion to rest against certain edges of the articles, and a flexible binding element attached to the body and adapted to be Wrapped around the bundle and body, the

said angularly "extended. portion having;

means for the engagenient, of thebindihg eienient'thereover to enable the bindlng element to bedrawn between the articles. 1 A tying device including a'iraine com prising a body having an' angularly'extend ed end adapted tobe applied over the cor ner ot'a bundle,'said angular-1y extended end having a reentrant V-shapedgportion, and

a flexible binding element attached to the frame.

3. A tying'device embodying a frain'e-ineluding a pair of side bars having'angularly extended portions at one end, a yoke con necting the'other endsof the side bars,[and

saidangularly extended portions, and

flexible binding element attached to the said frame. 1 v

.a reentr'an't; V-shapedfyoke connecting' theat; A tying device embodyinga frame in elud ng a pair of side bars having angularly extended portions at onejend, a yoke connecting the other-ends of theside bars, and a reentrant V-shaped yoke connecting the, said angularly extended portions and having an L eye'in lts crotch, and 'a flexible bindlng ele nient attached to the said eye.

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